http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/weatherproj/index_NEW.html

Created by the Stevens Institute of Technology, the Wonderful World of Weather is a standard-based real time data module for elementary students to explore weather phenomena locally and globally. Teachers can find many fun classroom activities divided into three sections: introductory activities, real time data activities, and language arts activities related to weather. The website features an abundance of links to real time weather data. Students can learn how to have their work published on the website. Users can find additional materials about children's books related to weather, guidelines for data collection, and curriculum standards. [RME]

http://education.ssc.nasa.gov/fad/default.asp

From a Distance provides educators with straightforward lesson plans dealing with the remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), and global positioning system (GPS) applications. Teachers can search the 107 lesson plans by grade level -- including kindergarten through twelfth grade -- by national educational standards including science, mathematics, technology, and geography, or by keyword or phrase. Activities include using satellite imagery to investigate the community, discovering the history of remote sensing, and exploring El Niño. Users can also submit their lesson plan ideas to the website. [RME]

http://www.chemtopics.com/

Steve Marsden, a teacher in Studio City, California, provides a variety of helpful supplemental chemistry materials for high school chemistry students and teachers. At the Elements link, users can find a periodic table that provides images and descriptions of elements categorized into families. Within the Lecture link, visitors can find assistance in a variety of topics including chemical reactions, stoichiometry, chemical kinetics, and chemical equilibrium. Users will find an extensive number of links to other educational websites within the materials. Although a few visuals are copyrighted and only available to the author's students, all users will be able to obtain an extensive amount of valuable tutorials. [RME]
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http://www.fema.gov/kids/index.htm

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) educates children about natural disasters and how kids can help prevent damage. The website features educational materials on the causes of catastrophes such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes. Visitors to the site can find out the natural disasters that affect each state in the United States. Students can read stories, play a variety of fun games, view disaster images, and more. By becoming a certified FEMA Disaster Action Kid at the website, a user can become disaster prepared by receiving exciting FEMA news and information. [RME]

http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/kids/index.html

At this website, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) educates children about the United States' largest source of water contamination - non-point source pollution. Students can learn how they can prevent non-point source pollution in their homes and when taking part in recreational activities. Users can find a variety of educational games and activities such as developing a rain gauge. The website offers basic information on stream morphology, water quality, surface runoff, and more. Users can learn how to take part in the adopt-a-stream program where they can become Streamkeepers. [RME]

http://www.utm.edu/departments/ed/cece/SAMK8.shtml

The University of Tennessee at Martin provides hands-on science materials in order to "bring students physically and mentally into touch with the science they are studying." This website offers many lesson plans for grades kindergarten through eighth in various science fields including physics, meteorology, geology, oceanography, and space science. Students can learn about the process of scientific research from observing to analyzing and explaining the data they collected. The website also covers topics in societal perspectives of and the unifying concepts of science. Each module is well organized into appropriate sections so that instructors can easily implement the activities into their classrooms. [RME]

http://www.usm.maine.edu/~newton/TANES/TLC.HTML#top

Developed by the University of Southern Maine for college level chemistry students, this website offers instructive modules dealing with topics related to thin layer chromatography. Using Macromedia Shockwave, these interactive modules incorporate questions within the informative materials to advance users in their problem solving abilities. Topics covered at the website include RF Factor, hydrogen binding, visualization, and stationary phase. With the extensive use of diagrams and figures and the inclusion of a helpful glossary, students seeking assistance in chemistry can learn a great deal at this educational web site. [RME]